![]() Explain how gratitude is a major theme in Birkat Hamazon. Ask students to volunteer to read out part of the “prayers” that they wrote in lesson 1 that show gratitude.ħ. Discuss gratitude, why it is important and how to show it.Ħ. On a societal level, society has to organize food production, by planting fields and harvesting them, but God provides the natural conditions for this to happen (climate, etc.).ĥ. On an individual level, if a person is born with an extraordinary musical talent, he still will not be able to play musical instruments without practicing diligently. It is up to man to harness the potential he was born with, both on an individual and a societal level. God provides infrastructure and man works with it to better himself and society. Discuss with the class the idea of a partnership between God and man. Challenge these ideas (if the students have not already): Why bother going to work if it all comes from God? Why bother trying to progress and achieve if God decides who and what we will be? Don’t we have food because of nature and man? Isn’t it a man who creates things like technology, not God?Ĥ. Read the first paragraph together in class and discuss.ģ. God is the source of all things (even talent, opportunities, physical gifts, and wealth). ![]() Search for this concept in the text of Birkat Hamazon (see first blessing). Discuss where God fits into all the things that are in the lives of the students. soccer, near the foot or music, near the ear), etc.Ģ. food, drawn near the mouth), hobbies (e.g. This could include their favorite things (e.g. Then ask them to map their lives and personalities, by drawing details on the map. Ask students to draw themselves on a piece of paper. The ‘prayers’ that the students wrote as homework for lesson 1ġ.Paper and writing utensils for each student.Appreciate the importance of showing gratitude.Relate the concept of God-man partnership to his/her own life.Appreciate that man works in a partnership with God. ![]() Appreciate that Judaism maintains that God is the source of all things, including food. ![]() Read the first paragraph of Birkat Hamazon with understanding. Find examples of gratitude in Birkat Hamazon.Provide examples from his/her own life that demonstrate this.Explain that man works in a partnership with God to create things.Find examples of this in Birkat Hamazon.Identify God as the source of all things, including food.Birkat Hamazon will be seen as a means of showing gratitude for the food that God has provided. In this lesson, students will explore the idea that God the provider of all things, including food. ![]()
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